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Tomorrow's Lawyers: Technology, Innovation and Law at MLS

Second year JD student Stephen Lee was the perfect candidate to help investigate subject material for the new MLS subject ‘New Technology Law’. With an undergraduate in Business Information Systems and experience as an IT consultant at KPMG, he has been able to bring together his experience with technology and his studies in law to turn the stuff of science fiction movies into a cutting edge JD elective. Stephen tells MLS all about his work on the new subject.

Published 15 May 2017

Asia literacy at MLS

MLS JD student Dominic Fajardo was one of 22 students who took part in last year’s Economic and Business Law in Asia (EBLA) subject, a two-week intensive course taught between Hong Kong and Shanghai. From eating siu mai on the streets of Hong Kong to learning about the legal challenges in developing an oil refinery, Dominic gained a better understanding of the economic opportunities across the region.

Published 15 May 2017

Striving for social impact

When he was 19, Matthew Acciarito started his own business supplying fruit and vegetables to the hospitality industry. Taking an interest in legal subjects in order help grow his enterprise, Matthew discovered a passion for commercial law.

Published 11 May 2017

Two Years of Suppression under the Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic)

SYDNEY LAW REVIEW - VOLUME 39, NUMBER 1, MARCH 2017

Published 09 May 2017

Lights, (drone) camera, and action

JD Student Kit Mun Lee reflects on what he learned during his summer spent working with PwC’s new digital and technology law team headed by Cameron Whittfield. During the MLS initiative to develop a new cutting edge subject in Technology, Innovation and the Law, Kit found a pathway that brought his experience in technology and law together with his passion for collaborative film making production.

Published 09 May 2017

From the classroom to the clinic

MLS students convert their legal training into community action as part of the Law School’s Public Interest Law Initiative.

Published 08 May 2017

New research partnership to help strengthen ties with China

A new research partnership between Renmin University of China Law School and Melbourne Law School will help facilitate strong connections and build research capacity.

Published 08 May 2017

Prof Tim Lindsey: Renewed hope for Bali Nine members on death row?

Death row Bali Nine members will file reapplication for consideration of their good behaviour as one of their last legal options, says Indonesian law expert Tim Lindsey.

Published 04 May 2017

Call for Papers: The Third Biennial Public Law Conference – Melbourne Law School, 11-13 July 2018

The Public Law Conference series is the pre-eminent regular forum for the discussion of public law matters in the common law world.

Published 04 May 2017

From medieval Slavonic languages to a career in foreign affairs

MLS alumna Janaline Oh (MPub&IntlLaw 2006) has just returned to Australia after having spent more than three years in Hong Kong where she worked as the Australian Deputy Consul-General and then Acting Consul-General. Her twenty year career in foreign affairs and diplomacy has seen Oh work all over the world, with different postings in Papua New Guinea, Brussels, and Beijing.

Published 27 Apr 2017

Taxation Law and Policy

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Published 26 Apr 2017

Reflections on gender equity and the rule of law

For all her success during her distinguished career, The Honourable Allyson K. Duncan has had to battle through her share of challenges as well. In the 2017 Seabrook Chambers Public Lecture, she reflected on the importance of diversity in the legal profession.

Published 21 Apr 2017

A Close Reading of Ahok’s Controversial Campaign Video

Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and his running mate, Djarot Saiful Hidayat, sparked controversy in the recent lead up to the election for Jakarta’s governor, following the release of a campaign video that, like Ahok himself, has been accused of being “anti-Islam".

Published 20 Apr 2017

The changing face of humanitarianism

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, CEO of Save Children International, spoke about education and the refugee crisis at the 2017 Allen Hope Southey Memorial Lecture.

Published 19 Apr 2017

Internship experience shapes young barrister’s career aspirations

Auckland-based barrister and Melbourne Law Masters student Yvonne Yue Wang recently undertook an internship at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (the BIICL). Little did she know she would return home with a new vision for her legal career.

Published 19 Apr 2017

A day in the life of a UN legal intern

Recent MLS graduate Scott Colvin has spent the past three months working as an intern with the United Nations in New York City. He shares his experiences.

Published 06 Apr 2017

Amsterdam proves a great choice for Melbourne JD student

The opportunity to combine her law studies with an overseas experience in her birth country of the Netherlands was a natural fit for Melbourne JD student Kirsten Sugden.

Published 06 Apr 2017

Criminal law in the heart of Melbourne

Emily Buchanan (BA 2002, LLB 2002) is the Senior Criminal Lawyer at Fitzroy Legal Service. Emily shares her story with MLS.

Published 03 Apr 2017

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